Sunday, October 14, 2007

Photo of the Week: I got a chance View The Rock from Pier 39 while coming in San Francisco, California for the Widget Summit.Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 10.14.2007

LinkedIn Platform to Be a Closed OneLinkedIn's platform will require permission from the company before
developers can get in on the action. Also LinkedIn is "not a social
network" according to LinkedIn - hmm, I don't know about that one.

Twitter is Paying My RentMarshall Kirkpatrick explains why Twitter matters and it is paying his
rent. I agree with him, Twitter is a basically a personalized alerts
system from the people that matter to you. Someone should snatch
Twitter up and make it their personalized alerts platform.

Now Playing: YouTube videos in Google EarthNow you can find YouTube videos connected to specific locations right
in Google Earth. The new browseable layer of geotagged videos works a
lot like the Google Book Search layer, only it shows you the locations
referenced in specific videos.

CBS inflates the bubble with DotspotterMathew Ingram explains how the somewhat unheard of site, Dotspotter,
has reportedly been acquired by CBS for $10-million. Now if this
doesn't make you want to quit your day job than I don't know what would.

Facebook Steals More Google Top TalentFacebook is not playing around. With the luring of Benjamin Ling, a
high-ranking engineer at Google, this is the second major player
Facebook has stolen from Google’s umbrella in recent weeks. Gideon Yu,
the CFO at YouTube, has already left for Facebook.

Mixx (n): Digg for Non-GeeksThough I reported on Mixx previously, it officially launched into
public beta this week. While Mixx looks like a Digg competitor, its
competitors are really the traditional personal homepage products.